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To: 11th_VA

What if anything will replace the balloons?


9 posted on 01/28/2013 8:31:19 AM PST by fso301
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To: fso301

Why, green energy technology of course..it’s the future ya know./s
One would hope there is something else up and running to replace the current system.


18 posted on 01/28/2013 8:47:27 AM PST by jughandle
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To: fso301

I thought they were going with a combination of blimps and drones, which provide a lot more flexibility due to mobility. Also safety, since a ballon that breaks loose from a mooring will either go out of control or require an assisted (ranges from automatic deflation, possibly be an onboard explosive device to a shootdown scenario) deflation for an uncontrolled descent and landing.

Is there any indication that capability is being lost without replacement?


25 posted on 01/28/2013 8:55:26 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: fso301

Buffoons will replace them.


40 posted on 01/28/2013 9:23:37 AM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: fso301

“What if anything will replace the balloons?”

That is my question as well. The article is written in the perspective of the company, the employees etc. effected by the shutdown, but is there something replacing their system that hopefully is more effective than old fashioned balloons? Being that it’s Bizarro Barry’s World I would doubt it, but I don’t know.


50 posted on 01/28/2013 9:51:08 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: fso301

What? you ask——hope and change of course. That balloon system is very low cost protection. Without it tho Clintoon will have a lot less trouble getting cheap dope into Arkansas. Should pretty much make it unnecessary for the Colombians to build all those expensive subs they’ve been using to sneak down the coastline. Obamuzzie is just not getting his share of the dope money, obviously, so he’s gotta do what he’s gotta do to re-fund the demorats.


58 posted on 01/28/2013 10:14:12 AM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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